This article aimed to examine how fan girls perceive this new form of masculinity represented by K-pop male idols (termed as soft masculinity). This research used a mixed method in collecting the data from a questionnaire distributed via e-mail and Line to twenty fan girls from various fandoms in April 2016. The result shows that the respondents are aware that in the entertainment business, gender identity can be modified and presented as a part of marketing strategy. In addition, they only see the soft masculinity delivered by K-pop male idols as a form of performance.
Abstrak -Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk melihat respon mahasiswa Sastra Inggris UAI dalam memahami konflik keberagaman dan pemahaman identitas budaya terkait dengan ideologi multikulturalisme melalui puisi multikultural kesusasteraan Inggris. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif dengan menggunakan metode reader-response (respon pembaca) dengan subjek penelitian yaitu mahasiswa Sastra Inggris UAI yang mengambil mata kuliah Pengkajian Puisi sebanyak 26 orang. Dengan menggunakan teori Identitas oleh Stuart Hall sebagai kajian multikulturalisme dan teori intrinsik puisi, penelitian ini diharapkan dapat memberikan gambaran jelas mengenai respon mahasiswa Sastra Inggris terhadap teks-teks sastra bertema multikultural dan juga gambaran jelas sejauh mana pemahaman lintas budaya mereka. Pada akhirnya hasil ini secara garis besar menunjukkan bahwa pemahaman keberagaman, kepedulian sosial dan toleransi di kalangan mahasiswa sastra Inggris UAI belum baik karena sebanyak 53.86% responden terlihat mengalami kesulitan untuk memahami dan menginterpretasikan isi puisi serta tidak bisa mengaitkan tema puisi dengan kondisi keberagaman di kehidupan mereka sehari-hari.
Abstract -This research is done to see the English Department students' response in understanding cultural identity and issues of differences related to the ideology of multiculturalism through interpreting a multicultural poem in English. This research is a qualitative research implementing a reader-response method using 26 students of the English Department in UAI as the subject of research. By conducting Stuart Hall's theory of Identity as a multiculturalism analysis and theory of Poetic devices, this research is done to give a clear perspective on the students' response towards a multicultural theme in a literary text as well asgiving view on their intercultural understanding. In the end, this research shows that overall these students' understanding towards the issue of differences and tolerance is unsatisfying seeing that 53.86% respondents were unable to understand and interprete the poem as well as were unable to relate the theme of the poem to the condition around them in reality.
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Latar Belakang Masalahulticultural Literature adalah salah satu cabang ilmu dan kajian di dalam kesusasteraan Inggris yang sedang berkembang pesat saat ini terutama sejak 30 tahun terakhir. Pada awalnya karya sastra multikultural di Amerika Serikat lahir sejalan dengan munculnya gerakan yang memperjuangkan keadilan dan pengakuan akan keberagaman dalam masyarakat. Pada awal 1980-an, istilah M
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